Carry-all vanity case



Oct. 30, 1951 sPlTALNY 2,573,620

CARRY-ALL VANITY CASE Filed March 28, 1950 INVENTOR. M/Z 70/v M sp/mmx A TTORNE r.

Patented Oct. 30, 1951 2,573,620' I QARRYQALL VAN TY cAsE. f

Milton M. Spitalny, Hillside, N. J. inflation Marcli28, 1950, Serial No. 152,3:35.

This invention relates to carry-all vanity cases.

The carry-all vanity case which is herein described and claimed may best bede'scri'bed as a duplex case or" a combination cigarette and vanity case. Ithastwo compartments, one containing a powdeipufi and powder holder, and the other containing cigarettes and a lipstick holder.

The two compartments are separated from'each other'by means of at least one wall or partition. Each'compartment'has its'own hinged cover and 2 Claims. (01. 132-79) a torsion spring which normally urges the cover to open position. The cover to the powder and powder pufi compartment is also provided with a small mirror which is ready for use when the 'cover is in open position;

side positions relative to each other on the top of the case. A slidable locking member is mounted on the case to hold the two covers down in closed position relative to their respective "compartments and to'release either" ofthe'covers for movement to' openposition response to the action of the torsion spring thereon. The

slidable locking member is a band which encircles the case. '"It' is 'sufiiciently wide to -overlap or overlie adjacent portions of the two covers at the same time. "It is movable in either direction, that is toward either of the two covers. When it is moved toward the cover of the powder compartment and it clears the cover of the cigarette compartment, the latter cover will swing to open position in response to the action of its torsion spring. When it is closed manually against the action of the spring, it may be locked in closed position'by sliding the locking member over upon it. If the locking member is moved a sufficient distance to clear the cover of the powder compartment, said cover will swing toopen position in response to theaction' of its torsion spring. This cover, too, may be'closed manually and it maybe locked in place by moving the locking member over to engage it. When the locking member partly overlies both covers, they are both locked inclosed position.

It is, accordingly, the principal object of this invention to provide a carry-all vanity case of the character described, having the constructional features above set forth. These constructional features make for an extremely handy case.

which may be carried in the hand in place of a conventional handbag. Nonetheless, it is sulficiently compact to fit into a conventional handbag, should that be desired.

Preferred forms of this invention are shown in the accompanying drawing, in which:

well as a powder puff 24. 7 ,side of powder compartment cover I6 is a mirror '25, and it willbe seen in Fig. 1 that when said l is a perspective view of a cam-amenit case made in accordance with one form' of this invention, the cover to the powder compartment beingshown in open position, the cover to the cigarette compartment being shown locked. in closed position, and being partly broken away to expose thecontents of the cigarette compartmerit, including the lipstick holder. I

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of thesarn'e vanity case, wherein the locking member and the two covers are partly broken away to expose thepartition which separates the two compartments-, U

Fig. 3 is a view similar to that of Fig. 2 showing a modified construction wherein each of the two compartments may constitute a separate eontainer, the two containers being securely fastened to each other in the same relative positions as those occupied by the two compartments inthe first form of the invention. j

Fig. 4 is an end view of the carry-all vanity case shown in Fig. 3, showing a lipstick holder mounted therein.

Referring now to the first form of this invention and to Figs. 1 and 2, it will be seen that the carry-all vanity case I0, shown'therein, comprises a case II, a partition I2 in said case whichdivides it into two compartments [3 and |4respectiv'ely, a hinged'cover l5 for compartment I3, a hing'ed'cover I6 'for compartment I4, and a slidable locking member I1, which locks the two covers in closed position. Compartment I3 is, a cigarette compartment and it is adaptedptoaccommodate a plurality of cigarettes 20. Compartment I3 also has a tube 2| for" a lipstick holder 22 mounted therein. The lipstick holder .is slidably accommodated by said tube 2| and it may be readily slipped into or out of said tube,

said tube 2|. Compartment I4 is the powder compartment of the vanity case, and it is adapted to receive and hold a quantity of face powder as Afiixed to the'undercover I6 is in open position, said mirror 25 occupies a position ready for use.

It will be noted in the drawing that a wire 30 serves as the pintle of the hinges of the two covers I5 and I6. This wire extends lengthwise of the vanity case, and it is carried by the two end walls 3| and 32 of the vanity case, as well as by its partition l2. Torsion springs 33 and 34 are.

"ends: to op "ingress and -egress fo r the lipstick holder '63 "scope mounted on said wire 30, adjacent the partition I2, and they engage covers l and I6 respectively, to urge them into open position. Fig. 1 shows cover I6 occupying this open position in response to the action thereon of spring 34. The same figure shows cover I5 occupying its closed position against the action of spring 33, by reason of the fact that it is heldnin such closed position by the loclrihg member I], V r g It will be seen that tiie end wane 6f the vanity case are elliptical or oval in shape, and it will understood that the case itself, in transverse" cross-section, and with its covers m ticsea po sition, is correspondingly elliptical pr oval in shape. So, of course, is the locking rhihlifdl' which simply comprises an oval band s'1idab1y mounted on the oval case. This locking hand is slidable in the direction of the arrow iii Fig; l' 1 mt ngag s a B I 'm IPbQIJ t also i h net stop member, :41; e cam an vanity c"e- Th 45 sheath Figs:

similar to the carry all'vanitycase10 above d'escribed; eiccept that it comprises two 4 ate cases 45211.61 17, respectively; which are fastened together, instead r a single case n .WbiFh n rt t e ed P in W9 mn lf e 545 pifovi'desthe cigarette compartment andcas'e 4] prgivides tire-powder compartment Lill e cover 50f, similar to cover co ers cigarette'compartmentfll and a cover 5|; similar to cover 16, covers powder compartment 4 9; Tors fi sbrings a; and 5s, 'reepe e iveiy meunted en pi'ntles 54 and 55', respectively; urge covers 50 I position. SiidabIe locking Band lit leeks said cov rs in closed position; i

- wn te not d'th t the.ad eentfenatmis 5'1 and 5a of the two cases l s anfd 41 abut each other and serve as the partitiohsbetween the two comet rtmeatsqtena a; "These two wal s 57 and 758 may be fastened to each other by any co ntign l mea s, a f exa tbi e s b J vets,

n? i ar and tr r'eper's "6f t e first form of; mtfrehtion, V thlimit vtii gnevemen "of the fs lidable locking hand fZinpsti mer 22 may he used this mod fi atiohgin' the same manner as Fig. -1; t However,

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tion in said ease to divide the ease into a rate e p asite direction *it engages 1. A carry-e11. vanity ease of ftiieje i arae'ter ded, comprising an elo'ngat'e'd case, a parti- 65 4 powder receiving compartment on one side of the partition and a cigarette receiving compartment on the other side of the partition, a first springurged hinge mounted on said case adjacent the powder compartment and disposed on a line parallel to the longitudinal medial line of said elongated case, a second spring-urged hinge mounted on said case adjacent the cigarette compartment andparallelto s aid firsthinge a cbver for the i0 powder compartment mounted on the first ment 1 tioned hinge, a cover for the cigarette compartment mounted on the second mentioned hinge, 'said eve'i's being normally urged into open p0- sition rel ative to said compartments by their respective spring-urged hinges, and a locking '-memher--which' holds such covers in closed position relative to said compartments against the action (at their said spring-urged hinges, said locki vlgeing im of/aI1le' out of engagement with either of an qyer i9 a as 32% 1 3 6 f iifi open position sai d hand heifigvery narrow eigti e n t e 19315 2 i'i fie 6f case and covering only aim nor 11 it'si eitun cas CITED V l "'r' ,e 'ittirig" r ferences are at eased in "tire a, UN I'IED stimable-Ems 

